On Wednesday, 13 April 2005 20:40, Paul Duncan wrote: > Speaking of the tow plane, I don't know if any of you > have played around with X-Plane, but it has an > incredibly strong tow plane, it can haul a B52 off the > runway, dangling from the slow (and suprisingly > powerful :-) tow plane! > > Anyway, just a little amusing aside :-) > > Paul
Last year seven Czech pilots broke the world record by getting towed up simulataneously by a single Piper Pawnee. The video footage is quite impressive. It gives one an appreciation for how streamlined sailplanes really are. Paul _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
